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Abhartach (pronounced [ˈəuɾˠt̪ˠəx];
Irish for 'dwarf'), also Avartagh, is an
early Irish legend,
which was
first collected in
Patrick Weston Joyce's The...
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Irish mythology,
Abarta (also Ábartach,
possibly meaning "doer of deeds"), was in some
accounts one of the
Tuatha Dé
Danann and in
others a Fomorian...
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Stoker sta****
there once and
based Dracula on the
local legend of
Abhartach. When
Abhartach is
awakened after the
cairn over his
remains is
demolished due...
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Irish folklore as an
inspiration for the novel, for
example the
revenant Abhartach, and the 11th-century High King of
Ireland Brian Boru.
Dracula scholar...
- Q R S T U V W X Y Z
References Abchanchu (Bolivia)
Abere (Melanesia)
Abhartach (Ireland) Adéla (Bohemia) Adze (Ghana) Alp (Germany) –
Variations throughout...
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surviving poems, Mo
chion dot bhronnadh, a
Bhriain and Rí con Éireann
Ábhartach The
first verse of Mo
chion dot bhronnadh, a
Bhriain is the following:...
- folk song also uses "sheevra"
simply to mean "spirit" or "fairy".
Abarta Abhartach Alp-luachra Bean-nighe/Caoineag
Banshee Cat-sìth Cù-sìth
Changeling Clíodhna...
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derived from
Gaelic ros,
meaning "cape, headland", and the
personal name
Abhartach. The
settlement which is now
Rosehearty was
founded by a
group of shipwrecked...
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guarded the MacGillycuddy's R****s
Mountains of
County Kerry The
legend of
Abhartach – an evil
tyrant who
repeatedly escapes his
grave to
spread terror (and...
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Royal Society of
Antiquaries of Ireland. 1896. p. 314. "Rí con Éireann
Ábhartach". Celt.ucc.ie.
Archived from the
original on 1
January 2019. Retrieved...
